It is no credit to me to do right. I am never under any temptation to do wrong!

William McKinley has left us a priceless gift in the example of a useful and pure life, in his fidelity to public trusts and in his demonstration of the value of kindly virtues that not only ennoble but lead to success.

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.

Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.

I cannot help but think it perilous to suffer these lands or the sources of their irrigation to fall into the hands of monopolies, which by such means may exercise lordship over the areas dependent on their treatment for productiveness.

Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.

It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.